The Centre for Performative Practice is a dedicated platform that explores the increasing role of performance in art today, and the immediate and immersive possibilities that this interdisciplinary practice offers.

The Centre is responsible for performance based practice within the museum’s temporary and permanent exhibition spaces. Due to the ephemeral nature of performance, the Centre takes responsibility to document and archive these happenings on our digital platforms. In addition, the Centre facilitates tours, lectures, and supporting educational workshops.

The inaugural performances at the Centre for Performative Practice highlight the implicit function of space and time in relation to the black female body. Themes include: decolonisation and nationhood, restriction of movement, voyeurism and the fetishisation of the female form, and the metaphorical reclamation of space through performance.